Vol. 10, Issue 9 (2021)

Author(s):
Geeta Kumari Meena, Hemant Swami, Lekha and Gaurang Chhangani

Abstract:
The present investigation, "Host preference studies of pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) On different pulses” was carried out under laboratory conditions at Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur during 2020-21. The results of the present investigation revealed that green gram, cowpea and lentil (4.33) were found most preferred host in terms of incubation period, cowpea as most preferred host in terms of larval-pupal period (18.33) and fecundity (97.67), green gram was recorded as most preferred host in terms of pre-oviposition period (0.67) and total life cycle (42.67 for male, 44.00 for female), kabuli gram (6.00) was recorded as most preferred host in terms of oviposition period and chickpea (2.00) was found preferred host in terms of post-oviposition period.